Memory Lane, by Markese

Memory Lane

by Markese

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1.	Intro by Nikki Giovanni 01:12	buy track
2.	Memory Lane 02:16	buy track
3.	My High School Crush 04:08	buy track
4.	Black Solider Music 03:22	buy track
5.	Everyday Struggle 03:08	buy track
6.	Until I Get On My Feet featuring SS Da Great 04:09	buy track
7.	Buy Low, Sell High 02:50	buy track
8.	Can I Live? 02:45	buy track
9.	The New Jim Crow 05:02	buy track
10.	Toast to the Hood w/ Man Man aka Invest 04:49	buy track
11.	Pouring Out Hennessey 03:25	buy track
12.	Hologram My Partnas 03:51	buy track
13.	Another Level 04:41	buy track
14.	This Is It featuring Willie Joe, Grandpa Earl 04:50	buy track

about

The project is a 14-track album that recounts the story of a child growing up in the aftermath of the crack-epidemic during the 1990’s and early 2000’s in the Bay Area. Tracks such as “My High School Crush” and “Buy Low Sell High” paint a vivid picture of those difficult times. Markese, whose full name is Markese Bryant, lost his mother to drugs and his father to the prison system when he was only six years old.

However, the project also stands as a testament to triumph and victory over hardship with tracks like “This Is It” featuring Willie Joe and “Toast to the Hood” featuring Invest. The other part of Markese’s story is that after being arrested in 2005 for selling drugs in East Oakland, and while facing three felony charges, he was placed in a court-mandated diversion program and eventually enrolled into Morehouse College, one of the most prestigious Historically Black Colleges in the nation.

“I really wanted this project to tell the story of my generation and I wanted the music to push the envelope and highlight the struggles and the hopes of ambitious youth from the streets who refused to accept the status quo. I look at it like it’s the revenge of the crack babies. I’m one of them. It’s our time to be heard.”